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J. F. J. GUNNING.

STIFPENBR FOR GORSETS, 6w

Patented June 3Q,l885

' NITED STATES PATENT Orricn,

JAMES F. S J GUNN INC-r, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

STIFFENER FOR COR-SETS, 8. .0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,289, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed August 7, 1884. (Nomodch) To all 1077,0772, it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Fnnnrs J osEPH GUNNING, of'the city of NewHaven, in the county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, U. S.A., now residing in Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,manufacturer of corsets, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Corsets and other Articles of Wearing Apparel, in

which stiffening-bones and other equivalents are employed; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The object of the invention is to devise simple and effective means forsecuring and protecting the bones or other similar stiffening materialin corsets and other garments.

It consists, essentially, in securely sewing into the section of thegarment the bones or similar stiffening material so that their endsshall not extend to the edges of the section, and protecting the saidends substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view showing the section of the corset withthe ends of the stiffeners extending beyond the end of thecovering-piece employed in securing them to the outer piece of thematerial forming the section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the samesect-ion, showing the caps for covering the ends in the act of beingplaced in position. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the section as it willappear when finished. Fig. at is an enlarged view of the end of asection provided with my improvement for protecting the ends of thestiffening material.

In corsets as now manufactured the bones or other stiffening materialare secured between two thicknesses of the material forming the body ofthe corset or other garment; consequently the ends of the stiffeningmaterial must necessarilyif they are stitched into the corset incontinuous lengthextend to the edges of the section, as it would not bepossible to cut them shorter than the section when once they have beeninserted therein. The ends of the bones or other stiffening materialwill, therefore, act on the binding of the corset or other garment at apoint where considerable friction is directed, and therefore the bonessoon wear through the material.

In my improved method for securing the stiffening material intov thesection I provide a supplemental fly or covering piece, A, alittleshorter than the material forming the sec tion. Between this fly and theouter material, C, of the section the bones B or other stiffeningmaterial are inserted, being sewed tight- 1y into position, so as toprevent any longitudinal movement. The stiffeners B are usuallysufficiently long to furnish a number of sections, which are sewedtogether in a continuous length, and the stiffeners cut off to therequired length after they have been sewed into position. In the oldplan, where the stiffeners B are secured between two thicknesses of thematerial forming the section, it is, as I stated before, impossible tocut the said stiffeners shorter than the section after they have beensewed into position, whereas by adopting the fly A, which is shorterthan the section itself, I am able to cut the stiffeners B shorter thanthe section, after which the piece D, forming the inside of the section,may be sewed down so as to completely cover the ends of the stiffeners13, thereby protecting the ends of the said stiffeners, and finishingthe inside of the section.

\Vith the view of still further protecting the ends of the stiffener-sB, I provide a cap, E, formed out of a piece of the material, and foldedas indicated to form the required cap. One end of the cap E is sewed onat the same time as the covering-piece D, and after the stiffeners havebeen cut the required length the cap E is slipped over the ends of thestiffeners, and the other end of the cap E is then sewed down at thesame time as the coveringpiece D.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The stiii'eners B, cut shorter thanthe section 0, and the fly A, securing said stiffeners in position, incombination with said section 0, and the covering-piece D, arranged tocover the whole, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The stiffeners B, cut shorter than the the cap E, arranged to coverthe ends of the 10 1 section 0, and secured in position by the flystiffeners B, and the covering-piece D, ar- A, in combination with saidsectionO, and ranged to cover the whole, substantially as and the cap E,arranged to cover and protect the for the purpose specified, 5 ends ofthe stiffeners B, substantially as and Toronto, July 30, 1884.

for the purpose specified. J AS. F. J. GUNNING.

3; The stifl'eners B, cut shorter than the In presence of section 0 D,and secured in position by the JOHN AKERs,

fly A, in combination with said section G and W. J. WALLACE.

